A major realignment in the market for Oregon hazelnuts is bringing about the closure of a processor geared toward the sales of in-shell varieties to China. While the Firestone Processing Co.’s ...

The Hazelnut Growers of Oregon cooperative has filed a lawsuit claiming a Canadian food processor has failed to pay for nearly $370,000 of hazelnuts. In a federal complaint filed in Eugene, Ore., the ...

Wilco Farmers Cooperative has filed a notice with the state that it could lay off as many as 70 people at the cooperative-owned Hazelnut Growers of Oregon and close the business by the end of the year ...

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October is hazelnut season in Oregon. As the fall foliage hits it peak, but before the rains come, the Willamette Valley’s roughly 1,000 hazelnut farmers are busy collecting their crop. More than 60% ...

When hazelnut prices steeply declined in 2022, it became one of the worst years Dennis Melcher had seen in the industry. Melcher said he lost money that year on his Barcelona hazelnuts, and a lot of ...

Fortunes are continuing to improve for Oregon’s hazelnut industry, with the 2025 crop guaranteed to fetch at least 40% more than last year’s minimum price. Farmers will earn a minimum of between $1.05 ...

ALBANY, Ore. — Hazelnuts — also called filberts — take center stage in the latest Fresh From Oregon segment. According to Oregon State University, the entire state produces more than 65,000 tons each ...

EUGENE, Oregon, October 31, 2025 (ENS) – The Upper Willamette Soil & Water Conservation District, UWSWCD, is planning to acquire a 200+ acre hazelnut orchard located on the lower McKenzie River to ...